Arts Interview With Nancy Kranzberg

Sara Burke, Founder of the City Studio Dance Center and Katherine Dunham Dancer, stopped by to speak with Nancy about her career as a dancer, including her work with the legendary Katherine Dunham.  She also shares two writings she has done recently, “I Bear Witness To” and “Musings on Creativity.”  Sara Burke at the City Studio Dance Center “Sara Burke is the owner and director of The City Studio Dance Center in St. Louis, Missouri which she founded in 1986.  Sara is a choreographer, dancer, dance instructor, photographer, and author and arts diversity consultant.  Sara consults for local dance companies and works with young dancers helping them start Company’s.  Sara relishes her role as “mentor”.   She has danced around the world. One of her biggest goals and accomplishments was to learn Dunham Technique from the legendary Katherine Dunham.  She studied with Miss Dunham in East St. Louis in the 1970’s and danced with the Dunham Company.  Sara’s experiences studying and dancing Dunham Technique changed he